Kirklees to give 189,000 homes new blue recycling bins by 2028

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 14:32 · Archive

Kirklees Council has approved a new recycling scheme requiring 189,000 new blue bins from 2028, costing £3.7m to £4.1m.

Kirklees Council has approved a recycling scheme as part of the government's Simpler Recycling initiative, which aims to make waste services more consistent across the country. The scheme will introduce a new blue bin for paper and cardboard alongside existing green recycling bins, which will expand to include glass bottles and jars, food and drink cartons, foil, and metal and plastic tubes.

Around 93 per cent of the district's homes will receive the additional blue bin, with a total of 189,000 to be manufactured. For the remaining seven per cent of properties where space is limited or bins are shared, alternatives will be provided, including liners, smaller shared bins or converted green bins. The purchase and delivery of the new containers is expected to cost between £3.715m and £4.066m, with a further £300,000 set aside for communications materials.

Households will continue to receive weekly collections, with residents putting a different recycling bin out fortnightly. Existing general waste collections in grey bins will remain unaffected. If the scheme proceeds as planned, residents will be able to recycle more materials from home from 2028, subject to final governance and affordability checks.

How it is being reported

• All Kirklees households to get a third wheelie bin as council confirms £4m rolloutKirklees households will be getting a new blue bin as cabinet has taken the next step towards the borough’s recycling shake-up.Dewsbury Reporter · 13 Oct, 12:42
• All Huddersfield homes to be given new wheelie bin - but they might be waiting a whileIt comes as part of the borough's recycling shake-upHuddersfield Examiner · 12 Oct, 14:25

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